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Secrets to a Healthy Metabolism Paperback – November 24, 2009

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In this latest June 2012 edition I am honored to have the forward written by Dr. William Davis, Author of the New York Times Best seller "Wheat Belly"! Dr. Davis is a leader in his field and he discusses the relevance of the material covered in this book and its importance to modern nutrition theory. Most of the book is updated with the latest nutritional science. Maria is constantly researching the latest science and this edition updates all the latest information to help you get your metabolism back on track. In this book you will learn the tools to lead a healthy lifestyle that you can sustain for the rest of your life. It is based on the food science of how our bodies react to different ingredients. Using these guidelines you can lose weight or maintain a healthy weight while staying full and satisfied. This book covers the science behind nutrition and how our bodies use different elements of our food to function. The last chapter supplies recipes, pantry items, and healthy substitutes to help you use these scientific properties and make healthy meals that not only feed your body what it really needs, but keep you full longer. Some of the topics covered are: - Nutrient Timing - Typical Diet Downfalls - Tired, Toxic Liver - How to Optimize Your Hormones - Menstrual Cycle Timing - Supplements to enhance Weight Loss - Putting it all together: Alternative Flours, Alternative Sweeteners and Pantry List!

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Maria Emmerich is a wellness expert in nutrition and exercise physiology. She shares a passion for helping others reach their goals of optimal health. Do you need help with your diet, exercise, hormones, mood, or just need some emotional support along you journey to health? Maria is the nutritionist for you. She struggled with her weight throughout childhood and decided enough was enough. She went to college to learn about health and wellness so she could help others stop wasting their time being discouraged with their outward appearance. Maria understands the connection between food and how it makes us all feel on the inside and out. Here the one-on-one attention to clients is unbeatable.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (November 24, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 286 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1451555946
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1451555943
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.6 x 9.02 inches

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Maria Emmerich is a nutritionist who specializes in the ketogenic diet and exercise physiology. She struggled with her health and weight throughout childhood which lead her to become such a passionate nutrition expert. “My goal is to help transform people’s lives and start living again!” Maria specializes in brain neurotransmitters and how food can increase mental wellness. Her expertise has sent her around the World speaking about ketogenic diets.

She spends the majority of her time with clients around the World via Skype with amazing results. She specializes in helping autoimmune disorders, diabetes (Type 1 and Type 2), heart disease, cholesterol issues, alopecia, hashimoto’s, cancer, epilepsy, seizures, depression and anxiety. You would be amazed at the amount of people get off medication with her guidance. She has helped tens of thousands of clients over the last 20 years.

She is also an International Best Selling author of over 14 books including "Quick and Easy Ketogenic Cooking" and "Keto: The Complete Guide to Success on The Ketogenic Diet". Her books and recipes have been featured by Halle Berry, Al Roker on the Today Show, Valerie Bertinelli and others.

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TracyReed

Great information!

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2013

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I have followed Maria Emmerich's blog ever since I discovered her through my own wheat-free journey. My journey to (really) good health began a year ago when I read Dr. William Davis' Wheat Belly book, and through that resource, I found Maria. I just don't know what I would do without her recipes. They have been a food saver for me, as well as keeping my family sane while we all converted to a wheat-free lifestyle. Almond flour, coconut flour, coconut milk, and coconut oil are all staples in my pantry now.

I seem to be a collector of low-carb cookbooks and such, and Maria's Secrets to a Healthy Metabolism is probably the one that has the most information as to WHY things work the way that they do. The book took me a few days to read and I feel that I have done my own research through the years that I know a lot of information about health, but this book went a little bit more in-depth of what I needed to know the most about my body and how to deal with it. I love living high-fat, low-carb. I've tried high protein in the past, but never high fat, and so I'm glad I finally bought the book.

Why only four stars, then? I think what would have made this a 5-star book was based from two things: writing errors and a few recipes included in the book would have been really great. For a $9.99 Kindle book, though, I can overlook the spelling errors. I would not have been comfortable buying a book for $25.00 with errors in it, however. Kindle, okay. The book also references recipes that can be found on the blog or in another book, and I think it would have been super nice if some of those recipes could have been found in an appendix.

With that being said, I am not disappointed in the book, and I do plan on buying more of her books in the future.

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SweetiePieMarie

A new way of life! And 16 pounds already gone...

Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2013

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Since reading Wheat Belly, I have drastically changed my way of life. I have cut wheat, sugar and gone low carb with high fat and protein. No one has assisted me more in that transition than Maria's "Secrets to a Healthy Metabolism" and her cookbooks. No longer restricted to just eating meat and scrambled eggs, Maria's suggestions allow me to eat beautiful and tasty food. She has recipes for wheat less bread, cakes, pancakes, and so much more. Her recipes rely heavily on almond and coconut flours, healthy oils and fats (olive and coconut), healthy sweeteners and lots of eggs. While some of these ingredients are initially costly, I find that making my family’s meals and cutting out fast food has actually saved us money. We no longer buy expensive snack foods either.

As for the weight loss portion, I am not extremely overweight, yet I lost 16 pounds and several inches in the first three weeks following Maria’s advice. I felt so much better and more energized. I had always subscribed to the illusion that you needed to drastically cut your calories and go fat free to lose weight – yet I had always ended up feeling tired, gross and hungry! And I would always gain the weight back. No longer – eating lots of healthy fats and proteins, like Maria suggests, makes you feel full, satisfied and it’s great for your body.

If you’re looking for a healthy and EFFECTIVE way to live your life, lose weight and feel good – than Maria’s book is for you. This is not a quick fix and you’re done; Maria’s book is about a positive lifestyle change. Don’t deprive yourself – education yourself and lose that weight.

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hoopgirl

EXCELLENT, SUPERB!!

Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2011

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WOW! This is by far the most informative, helpful and wonderful book I have ever read on health, nutrition, diet, weight loss, etc....and trust me....I've read MOST OF 'EM!

Maria actually explains everything very informatively, but also effectively so the average person can understand it. Furthermore, she has easy to read charts at the end of the chapters so visually it's easier to read and understand as well!

Not only is this book informative, but it's also interesting! I found myself saying aloud, "Wow?? Really??" quite often.

For my own part, thanks to Maria's help, I've altered my diet slightly and added in some much needed supplements. The result is more energy, weight loss, and not feeling deprived, and curbing my EMOTIONAL EATING (by adding just one important supplement that I can no longer live without!).

Knowledge is power...and this book will provide that.

Worth every penny!!!

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wvtxpen (RubenSr)

Secrets to a Healthy Metabolism

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2012

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I have been following Maria's writings through her Blog and her Cook Books for over 2 years. She has been instrumental in my life and new lifestyle. I was diagnosed as a diabetic in 1994 and I gained over 100 pounds over the next 18 years. My weight was over 280 pounds, diabties and high blood pressure, I was lost and confused about food. My eating was completely out of control until Maria became a part of my life. It did not happen overnight, My wife and I made a hugh lifestyle change. I have recently been told by my Doctor that I am no longer diabetic. I have gone from 286 pounds to 180 pounds over the next year & a half. I have gone from a size 52 waist to a size 34 waist. Maria's cookbooks have helped my wife and I maintain our weight loss by healthy eating and alternative way of making our favorite meals. Her Blog and her books are full of information about understanding the body and what goes into it as well as how it effects you and causes illness. It is done in a way that I can understand. Maria, her husband and her beautiful children have become a big part of my life. I own all of her books. She is my food guide. My whole family are believers in her works. I highly recommend her to anyone looking for a healthier way to eat and understand what goes in your body and how it effects you.

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A Horse Lover

A gem of a book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2013

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I discovered Maria Emmerich on Audible where I had a spare credit and didn't know what to do with it. I am very much interested in nutrition and have been for a good many years. I confess that when I saw this I thought it might be a bit of a "cosmo guide" to the metabolism. How wrong I was!

I was so impressed that I purchased the hard copy for ease of reference and a further two for family members who are experiencing digestive issues amongst more serious problems.

I have gallstones (10 years +) and numerous doctors have wanted to get the knife in there and I have refused. I have stuck to low fat meals (more or less) and always have a heavy feeling in my gall bladder after eating and every few years I have a full blown attack. This book suggested some supplements which have completely turned my situation around. I take digestive enzymes with betaine HCl every meal and i have no pain or heavy feeling. Fat has melted off my stomach and feel better than I have in a good 7 years. Why has no doctor made these recommendations? The science bit seems to be that after a certain age we produce less stomach acid a consequently don't digest our food as well as we ought, this certainly sorted me out. That and abandoning wheat and gluten. As a result of this book I also found "Wheat Belly", another great book.

The only downside is that this way of eating isn't cheap but I also find I need to eat less. That gnawing hunger I feel when I am on a regular carb/wheat diet has gone. I don't crave wine, sugar or coffee since starting this so for me it is worth the extra expense for quality food and afterall what price your health?

Be warned you will have to spend time in the kitchen, cooking things from scratch. So if that's a problem, don't even start. This book is the theory, you will either need the recipe books or to visit the blog which is a pretty good start anyway.

This way of eating seems to fire your metabolism. I am generally cold, since changing my diet, I feel like a furnace. Truly wonderful!

On the downside the book is poorly referenced and indexed and it needs better proofreading but for me that did not take away from the message.

If you value your health read this, I am eternally grateful to Maria Emmerich for sharing this knowledge.

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J. Kirk

Good but what happened to the editor?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 4, 2011

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I've read a number of nutrition books recently focusing on topics such as inflammation, digestion and the body's pH balance. This book pretty much covers everything I've learned so far, and includes a lot of additional information about hormones, and the effects of excess carbohydrates.

I'd already been avoiding pro-inflammatory foods, and had tried an elimination-provocation diet without any improvement. I'd completely given up junk food like ready-meals, sweets, baked goods etc, but I didn't realise the effect the carbohydrate rich foods I was still eating, like fruit, rice, rice cakes with jam (!) etc, were continuing to have on my body. I feel like this book has really set me on the right track with a lot of great information, introductions to some good supplements, and some good meal ideas. I wanted to learn more about how my metabolism works so I could better judge the effects of the foods I was eating, and this book has helped me to achieve that.

The problem with the book is its organisation and complete lack of proofreading. I'm not sure if this is just an issue with the Kindle edition, but there are so many spelling/grammar mistakes, and some of the material seems to get repeated and bunched together in a way that makes it harder to absorb. The content is definitely worth the price of the book, but I think the publisher needs to hire a new editor.

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Flora McDonald

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 11, 2017

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good read.

yohana

Buena referencia sobre dieta ketogénica

Reviewed in Spain on September 6, 2016

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ES un libro que explica muy bien la dieta ketogénica. Maria emmerich es una experta y además tiene un montón de recetas sencillas. Simplemente no es para mí, demasiada información técnica. Pero recomiendo a esta autora porque sabe del tema y aporta buenas ideas, tambien en su pagina web.

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Diane Duvnjak

Telling everyone

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 21, 2013

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I have found myself on a crusade! Its all so logical and can't get enough of it. Many thanks Maria

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